Rail-joint



I. MSZROS.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPTIZ. 1919- 1,831,447.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

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.mW-QM NISTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JNos nsznos, or EAST MILLsBono, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Application ledSeptember 26, 1919.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JNos MsZRos, a citizen of Hungary, residing at EastMillsboro, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which theJfollowing is a specification. v

This invention has reference to improvements in means for connecting themeeting ends of railway rails.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to produce rails havingmeans integrally Jformed at the ends thereof for co-engaging withsimilar' rails whereby a perfect joint is produced between the railswithout absolutely necessitating the employment of iish plates or otherconnecting means.

lt is a further object of the invention to produce an improved means forconnecting the meeting ends oi rails wherein each of the rails isprovided at one of its ends with a base extension having a wedge slot oropening therein and the other end having a wedge tongue to be receivedin the slot of the coacting rail whereby the rails may be easily,quickly and effectively connected.

The foregoing objects and others which will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood may be accomplished by a constructionsuch as is illustrated by the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a plurality of rails constructed inaccordance with this invention.

Eig. 2 is a greatly enlarged transverse sectional View approximately onthe line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View approximately on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the rail ends.

Fig. 5 is a'bottom plan view of the other end of the rail.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view ot the rail end illustrated in Fig. 4L.

Fig. 7 is a similar view ot the rail end illustrated in Fig. 5.

All of the rails are similarly formed and therefore the referencecharacters denoting the parts of one may be understood as equallyapplicable to similar parts illustrated in the other rails.

Each of the rails is broadly indicated by Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

Serial No. 326,425.

the numeral S and has itsbody portion constructed in the usual manner toinclude a head 9, a base 10 and a web 11 connecting the head and base.

The base 10 may, if desired, be of a greater thickness than that of theordinary rail, Vbut in any event the base at one of the ends ol' therail is provided with an extension l2 which is of a thickness greaterthan that of the ordinary rail or greater than the base proper oi therail illustrated. This extension presents a flat top, and, of course, aflat bottom. The extension from the outer end thereof is formed with adove-tailed slot or notch 13. The angle side walls of the notch 13 arepreferably inclined or beveled inwardly from the top to the bottom oithe extension 12.

The base portion at the opposite end of the rail 3 is formed with adove-tailed tongue 14, the said tongue having its outer end terminatingwith the outer end of the rail proper and extending inwardly of the raila length equaling that or' the length of the notch 13. The side wallsoia the tongue 14 are beveled in an opposite direction to the beveledside walls or' the notch 13, so that a snug engagement between the saidside walls of the tongue and the said side walls of the notch will beeifected when the rails are connected. ln addition to this, the beveledwalls of the tongue limit the downward movement of one of the rails, asthe co-engagement therewith with the inwardly inclined beveled walls ofthe notch prevent the tir-st mentioned rail end being moved downwardlythrough the notch a distance sufiicient to bring the heads or' theco-engaging rails out of disalinement.

ln connecting the rails, one of the rails provided with the tongue hasits end elevated over the liat extension 12 of a rail which is securedto the ties so that its tongue may be readily slid into the notch of thesecond mentioned rail. Thereafter the last mentioned rail is spiked tothe ties 15, and in this manner the track may be easily and Quicklylaid. lVhile with my construction the employment of fish plates is notan absolute requirement, such plates may be employed if desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new7 isz-Railway rails each having one of its ends provided with a thickenedextension prethereof which extends inwardly and which senting an uppeiflat Surface which isA has itshside Walls beveled in an oppositediforrned with a dove-tailed slot that enters reotion from those of thenotch, and the 10 from the outer end thereof Aand the side tongue of oneofthe rilsl' designed to'be 5 Walls provided by the slot being beveledin- I'CelVGd in the IIOCh 0f the (I0-acting Teil.

Wardly, the other end of the rail having a In testmony whereof I MEX mySignnt1`ethickened dove-tailed tongue at the end Y JNOS MSZROS.v

